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Lisbon, Might 14 (EFE).- The LXX version of the Mérida Worldwide Classical Theater Pageant was introduced this Tuesday in Lisbon not solely to draw the Portuguese public, but additionally to entice guests from elements different elements of the world, akin to North America, Who will arrive in Portugal by way of the worldwide airport of the Portuguese capital.

As a result of it couldn’t be in any other case, the present was held on the Roman Theater in Lisbon and was directed by the director of the competition, Jesús Cimarro; The Minister of Tradition, Tourism, Youth and Sports activities of the Authorities of Extremadura, Victoria Bazaga, and the mayor of Mérida, Antonio Rodríguez Osuna.

In the course of the occasion, Cimarro highlighted the “clear worldwide attraction” of this present, which celebrates 70 years of “dedication to the performing arts, feelings and theater.”

For his half, Rodríguez Osuna stated in statements to EFE that “Lisbon is strategic” for Mérida and for the competition, since it’s only two and a half hours away, which represents an “alternative” for vacationers its attraction that crosses the Atlantic Ocean, from the USA, Mexico or Canada.

In that sense, he emphasised that Lisbon airport is “the worldwide airport of Extremadura”.

“The North American customer expects Portugal and we should reap the benefits of the collaborations that exist between Portugal and Spain to draw that vacationer,” stated the mayor, who recalled that the Mérida competition will probably be introduced subsequent June on the Cervantes Institute from New York.

This yr’s version will happen between July 27 and August 25 and can host over 140 performances together with theatre, dance and opera.

The present will open with an opera, ‘Medea’, co-produced by the Emeritus competitors, the Abu Dhabi Pageant and the Teatro Actual, which will probably be adopted by the comedy ‘The Apparition’, coping with social prejudice with humour. and love

In ‘Icons or the research of future’, Rafael Álvarez ‘El Brujo’ will present the idea of future in each Greek tragedy and Japanese philosophy, and ‘La Paz’, a textual content by Aristophanes tailored by Francisco Nieva, from the hand of Joaquín Reyes.

July will shut with the Shakespeare play ‘Coriolano’ and in August Victoria Abril and Ruth Lorenzo will seem for the primary time on the competition with the comedy ‘Medusa’.

After the dance, which comes with the efficiency ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Blanca Li’s firm, it’s the flip of the legend ‘Tiresias’, the Greek fortune teller, performed by Eusebio Poncela.

Cimarro advised EFE that it will be significant for the competition to seem in Lisbon in order that “the Portuguese public will get nearer, particularly the general public that’s in La Raya.”

As for Portuguese tastes, he famous that every thing is there, though he has seen a “large stream” when there’s a well-known determine within the neighboring nation who’s on the competition.

In that sense, he drew consideration to the truth that this yr they’re monitoring “large ticket gross sales” among the many Portuguese for the play during which Victoria Abril takes half.

Bazaga investigated the significance of the Portuguese inhabitants and advised EFE that the “target market” in Extremadura is Portuguese, even earlier than that which might come from different neighboring Spanish areas, as a result of it’s a pole of worldwide attraction and due to its cultural potential. at this nation.

He identified that Extremadura already attracts Portuguese audiences to different reveals akin to bullfighting or flamenco.

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